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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Learning Curve.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sedaris describes his guitar teacher as
(a) An expert.
(b) A midget.
(c) Short.
(d) A dwarf.

2. Miss Sampson asks the previous question in order to
(a) Get Sedaris talking so she might hear his lisp.
(b) Determine whether or not she will like Sedaris.
(c) Trick Sedaris into revealing his disdain for sports.
(d) Provoke an argument about football.

3. Sedaris' mother connects most closely with
(a) The collies.
(b) Madchen 1.
(c) The collies' puppies.
(d) Her cats.

4. Sedaris discovers that most of the boys in speech therapy are
(a) Unpopular and uninterested in sports.
(b) Popular and smart.
(c) Unlike himself.
(d) Unable to pronounce consonants correctly.

5. Sedaris' enjoyment of the ocean was ruined by
(a) His father's explanation of the tides.
(b) His experiences swimming in it.
(c) His interest in sun-bathing.
(d) His mother's comparing it to a saltwater toilet.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prompts Lou Sedaris to enroll his children in music lessons?

2. Paul's relationship with his father might be described as

3. Instead of the performance piece in the twelfth "moment," Sedaris seems to admire

4. Sedaris justifies viewing soap operas in class by

5. Sedaris compares his father's most recent dog, Sophie, to

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